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→Why say "male reproductive organ"?: We both agree, I hope, that it wouldn't be useful to add a diagram of circumcision.
If it were [[obscenity|obscene]], it would be illegal. I don't think anyone is claiming that it is obscene, but it is certainly not necessary. Who really needs this information to be a productive, helpful, or faithful person? Would you honestly call this article family friendly? That's not a rhetorical question? I really am asking? [[User:BHarlan|BHarlan]] 14:49, 23 October 2008 (EDT)
If it were [[obscenity|obscene]], it would be illegal. I don't think anyone is claiming that it is obscene, but it is certainly not necessary. Who really needs this information to be a productive, helpful, or faithful person? Would you honestly call this article family friendly? That's not a rhetorical question? I really am asking? [[User:BHarlan|BHarlan]] 14:49, 23 October 2008 (EDT)
:Your children do not know what a penis is? We learned from our mom about the time we started to be toilet trained. We didn't "talk it up", but she said (matter of factly) this is your penis for urination.--[[User:JeanJacques|JeanJacques]] 15:00, 23 October 2008 (EDT)
:Your children do not know what a penis is? We learned from our mom about the time we started to be toilet trained. We didn't "talk it up", but she said (matter of factly) this is your penis for urination.--[[User:JeanJacques|JeanJacques]] 15:00, 23 October 2008 (EDT)
Comments about my family are uncalled for.
Furthermore, there is a big difference between male children knowing the names of prominent parts and all children knowing the details of the bits and pieces of those parts, and how some differ from others, and the surgeries that might be performed on them. My kids know what a mouth is, but they don't know about cleft-palate surgery. I would be happy to tell them, but not if it would encourage them to focus on sexual activity before marriage. My kids know what teeth are, but if I thought telling them about root canals would encourage them to perform them before becoming a dentist, I would simply tell them that root canals are a subject for patients and dentists.
Of course, root canals aren't tempting, so I'd be happy to tell them some details, as long as it didn't frighten them. Temptation and family friendliness are different, though, between teeth and genitals. Only liberals think genitals are "just another body part".
Finally, this disagreement is a matter of degree. We both agree, I hope, that it wouldn't be useful to add a diagram of circumcision to this article. Why, then, make this any more graphic than necessary? [[User:BHarlan|BHarlan]] 15:11, 23 October 2008 (EDT)